[LAU] convert 24 bit flac files to 16?

Jörn Nettingsmeier nettings at folkwang-hochschule.de
Tue Apr 19 21:05:06 UTC 2011


On 04/17/2011 11:16 PM, Aaron L. wrote:
> I'm sure this is an easy one but I thought I'd ask here first.....
> 
> I've got a bunch of 24 bit flac files that I'd like to convert to 16 bit
> in order to play them on my Android phone.
> 
> I'm not totally sure how they've been encoded to 24 bit (I must've done
> that at some point but I don't remember when/how).

if this is real 24bit data (as opposed to 16bit data with the 8 least
significant bits at zero, you want to dither it down to 16bit, rather
than just truncate it.


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